Don't you hate when you have a million books on hold, and they all come in at once, so you have x amount of days to read them before they are due?

Because I just had 4 books come in today. 😭

It's okay. I still love you Libby

I'm curious what people's thoughts are with blind date with a book.

Would you pick one up?

How much info do you want before you pick it up?

Can any store do it or would you rather from speciality stores?

Would you do it with friends?

Do you open the book right away or save it for a rainy day?

I'm curious to know your thoughts

Ok so I understand we cound the audiobooks as part of the reading challenges. What about reading once and then listening to the book- do we count it as a second “read”? I wonder if i should make a Shelf for audiobooks as it dont perceieve both mediums as the same: When i LISTEN to the audiobook, i can do 101 other things and just engage one of my senses. While Reading a physical book or ebook, engages eyes and touch, and you really cant do much when both hands and eyes are occupied

Thus i cannot comprehend how both are concidered reading- and please dont satart witchunting me saying But the Braille is reading with your hands- thats different.

Also, if we create a shelf lets say Audiobooks- upon finishing, would they count towards the yearly challenge?

I'm asking this purely out of curiosity. I tend to look up reviews after I've finished a book already because I want to know what other people think of it. I RARELY look up reviews beforehand; I don't want them to influence my impression of a book, since I know tastes are subjective. The only exception to this is monthly roundups people do of their reading, where they share little reviews of what they read throughout the month, but I think that's different since I'm not going out of my way to look up reviews of a specific book.

I'm interested in hearing why you read reviews!

I have always wondered why do some people start their reviews with a whole paragraph summarizing the book? When I'm going through reviews, I have already read the official summary so I don't need to read ten other versions of it. Is it only because people copy-paste what they wrote on their blog where there is no initial context for the book? Wouldn't it make sense to remove this part where you're posting on any book review sites? I just struggle to understand (note that I ask this question purely by curiosity, no judgment for people who do that! 🫣)

Happy NAHM/IAHM Everyone! To all my Indigenous friends and family, much much love!

I am doing a NA/Indigenous read-along for this month with my library's book clubs, and we are looking for more recommendations. The clubs are Kids, Youth (middle grade), YA/Teen, Adult, Non-fiction, and general (everyone). So far we are reading and discussing:

"Looking for Smoke" by K.A. Cobell (YA) "Ancestor Approved" by Cynthia Leitch Smith (ALL Clubs) "Elatsoe" by Darcie Little Badger (Youth/YA) "Medicine River" by Mary Annette Pember (Nonfiction/Adult) "If the Dead Belong Here" by Carson Faust (Adult) "This Land" by Ashley Fairbanks (Youth/Kids) "Never Whistle at Night" (Adult/YA club) "To Shape a Dragon's Breath" by Moniquill Blackgoose (YA) "Finding My Dance" by Rja Thundercloud (Youth/Kids) "Find Her" by Ginger Reno (ALL clubs) "Imaginary Borders" by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (Nonfiction/YA/Adult) & "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" by Stephen Graham Jones (Adult)

If there are any other books that you all would like to recommend, feel free to leave them down below! I'll try making a list on here of the books for everyone on PB and for my librarian/book club friends!

Hi Pagebound community,

I want to recruit another person to join our reading community! I have a friend who's a romance reader (thanks to a hard work of yours truly) and now wants to try ROMANTASY (finally!) But here's the plot twist: her direct quote is

"...but I can't deal with war and death so maybe you have some soft lunch recommendations?"

I love romantasy but I'm completely stumped right now and don't know what to recommend. Has anyone here gone through a similar path transitioning from romance to softer fantasy books? Please send help!

With all my love and might, Dara